Azed

[gasconne]

Stuck on this one: A team mostly out of sorts having right inside for transfer (8) Begins alia....
Amsure the second 'a' is correct so answer cannot be 'alienate'.

[Tilly2]

aliasing

[Toorak]

It looks like alienate to me - lien (right) inside anagram of a tea(m)

What gives you the second a?

[JJ109]

I've only just started this crossword as I was watching the cricket and golf yesterday! I have the letters A_ _ _ _ AT _ which would agree with Toorak's "Alienate"

[TheFrogman]

Your entry for 21d fits the definition but not the wordplay - the first letter is M rather than B.

[JJ109]

I now have A _ _ E _ AT _

[JJ109]

Thanks Frogman, you have just confirmed my entry to 21d (I think!)

[TheFrogman]

21d begins ME rather than BA, so the fourth letter in 23a (the clue asked about here) is indeed an E rather than an A.

[Toorak]

The m word is an alternative form of the b word

[gasconne]

Thanks everybody. I thought Bagasse was a cert for 21d.